The University of South Carolina received a $199,401 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a three-week residential summer institute for K-12 teachers titled "America's Reconstruction: The Untold Story." From July 5-25, 2022, through seminars led by scholars, study trips in South Carolina, and archival research, participating educators will learn...
South Carolina State University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in South Carolina, was awarded a $145,877 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development of an online, asynchronous Master of Arts in English program with a focus on intersectional studies, which examines how aspects of individual...
The South Carolina Humanities Council Inc. was awarded a $904,495 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant will support the Council's delivery of local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming in South Carolina from June 2021 through April 2023. As the state's leader for promoting public engagement with history, culture, and ideas, the Council will use this...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $320,863 Project Grant to the University of South Carolina under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The two-year grant (Sep 2024 - Aug 2026) will fund the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP), a collaboration between the USC Libraries Digital Collections Department and the South Caroliniana Library. The SCDNP will scan and deliver 100,000 pages of historical South...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $492,814 Project Grant to the South Carolina Humanities Council Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant, with a performance period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029, will enable the South Carolina Humanities Council to bring the humanities to life through subawards and public programming tailored to the needs, resources, and interests of communities across South...
The University of North Carolina System Office has been awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to produce the documentary film "INSURRECTION 1898." This documentary is aimed at reaching a wide national audience through airings on PBS, screenings at prominent film festivals, educational distribution, and a robust community engagement campaign. The film will bring to life the events...
The Clemson University project, "Reconstructing the Black Archive: South Carolina as Case Study, 1739-1895," received a $395,594 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The funding supports the project from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The project aims to uncover ways to understand and reconstruct early Black lives in South Carolina through collaborative...
The University of South Carolina received a $652,500 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on October 1, 2017 to complete Phase 3 of "The Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen of South Carolina, A Digital Documentary Edition" by September 30, 2022. The project supports the continued development of a digital scholarly edition documenting the lives and careers of Charles Pinckney, Thomas Pinckney, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, three influential statesmen...
Jezebel Productions Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a 75-minute documentary film titled "The Five Demands: Two Volatile Weeks that Changed the Face of Higher Education." The documentary will tell the story of the 1969 campus strike by Black and Puerto Rican students at the City College of New York, who were at the forefront...
The University of South Carolina received a $171,855.05 two-year Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169). The grant funded the development of a computational tool to identify patterns of language change in social media over time. The Office of Digital Humanities program supports innovative digital humanities projects utilizing or studying the impact of digital technologies. This...